Defining a "Linux Engineer"

[Matty Sarro]

It's annoying that I've spent more than 15 years on both work
experience and education and have to deal with people saying things
like, "Not to dis network & computer folks (I used to do that, too),
but seriously?"

Yes, seriously. Some of us aren't just tinkering around with windows,
and your comment is insulting to the folks who really are involved
with complex systems supporting tens of millions of customers and
providing critical infrastructure. Those of us who are working in
telecom and riding the wave as new standards get written (things like
carrier ethernet and docsis 3). No, i'm not a licensed engineer, but
most of my colleagues are, and my work is every bit as good as theirs.
And I've earned enough of their respect that they trust me when it
comes to systems architecture, and occasionally even seek out my
advice while they're putting together RFC's for the IETF.

As for the OP, a linux engineer would be someone who engineers using
linux (sorry for the circular reference). That means, someone who
builds complex systems using linux.

-Matty

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Tom Burke <tomburkeii at gmail.com> wrote:
> Gads, but the word "engineer" is horribly overused.
>
> Fun facts:  Calling yourself an engineer while not being a licensed
> professional engineer is potentially illegal, as well as can get you in
> deep kim che for misrepresentation.
>
> I'm sure there are civil engineers that work primarily at waste water
> treatment facilities who really get riled up over the term "sanitary
> engineer" when it is applied to janitors.
>
> As for myself, I am officially an EIT (although I've been practicing
> engineering for 15 years), and One of my fields is "Systems Engineering."
> On a relatively rcent job hunt, tons of companies wanted me to install and
> maintain computers and networks.
>
> Not to dis network & computer folks (I used to do that, too), but
> seriously?  Thank you Microsoft for clouding up all the issues.
>
> </rant>
>
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Marco Shaw <marco.shaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Perhaps my search engine foo is weak...
>>
>> Anyone care to share what their "vision" is of what a "Linux Engineer"
>> does?   Is it really any different than a "Linux Architect"?  How
>> about a "Linux Analyst"?
>>
>> Marco
>>
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